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G. F. STEWART.

MERCHANDISE G15. BINETA APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2s, 191s,

Lll, Patent-,ea Mar.9,1915.

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CHARLES F. STEWART, OF NASHVILLE, KANSAS.

MERCHANDISE-CABINET.

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Application led September 23, 1913.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. STEWART, citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Kingman and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Merchandise- Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in merchandise cabinets.

|lFhe primary object of the invention is to provide a merchandise cabinet for cream separator accessories, such as elastic rings and brushes, in which the store keeper may readily determine which of the elastic rings it the different makes of machines, and the location of said rings in the cabinet.

A further object of the invention is to provide a structure in which the containers for the rings are so arranged that by consulting a chart supported adjacent the containers the store keeper may immediately select the desired ring without handling the entire assortment of rings.

1n the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cabinet. Fig. 2 a transverse section. Fig. 3 a detail View of one of the ring containers. Fig. 4 a/ detail view of a portion of the chart.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indi,- cated in all the Views of the accompanying drawing by the same reference characters.

In the drawings, 10 designates the'cabinet which consists of the side walls 11 and 12 and the front wall 13. These walls rest upon a base 14, the front wall 13 which is formed of glass, being reduced adjacent its lower edge and embraced by the extension 15 of the base. The cabinetcomprises a lower drawer receiving portion 16, and an upper drawer receiving portion 17, the drawer receiving portion 17 being of approximate-ly one-half the width of thev lower drawer receiving portion, whereby supports for a counter 18 are provided. The lower drawer receiving portion is provided with a series of partitions 19 which form drawer supports, the drawers 20,`wh1ch are of a number consistent with the size of the cabinet being slidably mounted upon said parti'tions. The rear wall 21 of these drawers are formed ofglass, whereby their contents may be viewed through the front glass wall 13 of the cabinet. rlihus, the purchaser may view the brushes and other accessories with- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

Serial No. 791,351.

out the same being removed from the cabinet.

The upper drawer receiving compartment 17 is formed with a series of longitudinal supports 22 and a plurality of vertical partition members 23, forming drawer compartments 24 arranged one above the other. These compartments each receive a drawer 25 which is divided with a plurality of compartments. The drawers at each end are marked with data, indicating their contents. It will, therefore, be seen that both the purchaser and store keeper may determine at a glance at the cabinet just which drawer contains the desired size of rings.

The counter 18 consists of a glass plate which rests upon the upper edges of the sides l1l and 12, and which is reduced and extended beneath the lowermost set of drawers of the upper drawer compartment. It will further be noted that the contents of the upper drawer of the lower set may be viewed through the counter 18. On the under face of the glass which constitutes the counter, is arranged data indicating the contents of the various drawers and the different makes of machines to which the various sized rings may be applied.

While the data on the glass counter may be arranged in any suitable manner, it is preferably a duplication of the front of the upper compartment, that is, the contents of the four drawers of row A is indicated at the left hand side of the panel, the contents of the lower drawer of the said first row being arranged adjacent the front edge of the counter, and the contents of the upper drawer of the said row adjacent the rear edge of said counter. The data on the front and rear ends of the various drawers merely indicates the number of the drawer and the number of rubber rings contained therein. rllhe chart on the under face of the glass plate which constitutes the counter, designates what sized rings are contained in the various compartments of each drawer and the various machines that each ring may be applied to. Each ring is placed in an envelop 26 and on the front of said envelop is printed the names of the various machines to which the rubber ring contained therein may be applied. The envelops are arranged Within the compartments of the upper set of drawers, which compartments are numbered l, 2, 3 and 4. When it is desired to nd a ring which will fit, for instance, a Peerless cream separator, the store keeper examines the chart on the under face -of the counter 18 and nds that the rings which are adapted for the Peerless machine are in drawer 3, compartment 4. Directly in alinement with this data, he will find drawer 3, it being unnecessary to open the various drawers or examine the data on the fronts of the same after the necessary data has been found on` the counter. Thus, the desired ring may be located without examining the entire assortment of rings.

The many advantages of a construction of this character, will be clearly apparent, as it will be noted that it will save considerable time in the selection of the rings and it will at all times advise the store keeper as to just what portion of his stock needs replenishing. Particular attention is called to the fact that the exact location of the article is determined without handling the stock. The glass plate, which constitutes the counter, may be readily removed and reversed in order that the data may be changed from time to time, and it will also be seen that the entire structure is such as may be readily and economically manufactured Iand that the same may be conveniently set up for use.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

,A cabinet including side walls and a transparent front wall and being formed with a lower compartment and a reduced upper compartment, partition walls carried by the upper compartment adjacent the lower compartment, said partition walls being arranged in spaced relation, drawers mounted in said compartments and including end walls adapted to bear indicia Visible through said transparent front wall, and a removable transparent closure for the lower compartment, the content.c of the drawer mounted in said lower compartment being visible through. said closure, said closure resting upon the adjacent upper edges of the side walls of the cabinet and being reduced at one extremity and disposed between the partition walls carried by the reduced upper compartment and supported at said end by one of said walls.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES F. STEVART. [1.. s.] Witnesses:

S. A. SCOTT, JoHiv W. QUEEN. 

